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Aurelian Florea wrote on Fri, Nov 27, 2020 11:01 AM UTC:

I have tested the final presets for apothecary chess. They have shown no more trouble. I was wondering if people will be interested in an apothecary chess tournament. Here are the preliminary rules should it happen.

  1. Each round a player plays a game of apothecary chess-classic and apothecary chess modern
  2. In order to avoid bye, myself will play only if the number of players is odd
  3. The tournament is a double round robin if there are 4 players, a single round robin if there are 6 or 8 players. A swiss system with 6 rounds if there are 10 or more players.
  4. Should the tournament be a swiss system the pairings in round one will be random
  5. Remember that there is a possibility that a game has finished 0.75-0.25. This will be used in rankings
  6. Time controls are 1 move/day
  7. There are no prices except for the honor of winning the tournament!

Edit : Please express interest by commenting in this post.


Erik Lerouge wrote on Fri, Nov 27, 2020 08:10 PM UTC:

Hello, I'm interested to participate in this tournament.


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Fri, Nov 27, 2020 08:49 PM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from 11:01 AM:

I'm interested too


Zhedric Meneses wrote on Sat, Nov 28, 2020 02:32 AM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from Fri Nov 27 11:01 AM:

I just saw the variants and wow they're interesting

I would love to join the tournament but I sadly won't because of school

I will instead say Good Luck to the tourneys


Aurelian Florea wrote on Sat, Nov 28, 2020 03:03 AM UTC in reply to Zhedric Meneses from 02:32 AM:

Thank you Zhedric!


Aurelian Florea wrote on Sun, Nov 29, 2020 05:08 AM UTC:

Anyone else?


Oisín D. wrote on Mon, Nov 30, 2020 01:14 PM UTC:

I would like to join as well if possible


Aurelian Florea wrote on Mon, Nov 30, 2020 03:37 PM UTC:

It is possible Oisin. Now we are 4- including me! Anyone else?


Greg Strong wrote on Tue, Dec 1, 2020 08:25 PM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from Mon Nov 30 03:37 PM:

Sorry - I will be moving soon so I can't take on any large commitments right now ...


Aurelian Florea wrote on Wed, Dec 2, 2020 04:05 AM UTC:

@Greg, Ok!


Aurelian Florea wrote on Wed, Dec 2, 2020 04:07 AM UTC:

We are 4 players now, so the tournament format will be a double round robin. I propose we wait until Friday. If now one else wants to join until then, we will start the tournament with 4 players. Is that ok?


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Wed, Dec 2, 2020 04:39 AM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from 04:07 AM:

ok with me


Erik Lerouge wrote on Wed, Dec 2, 2020 07:42 AM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from 04:07 AM:

It's ok for me. But maybe you could wait a little more to see if other people are interested. Not everyone who could be potentially interested reads regularly the comments section. You could also already create an 'official' page for the tournament (I don't know how to do that).


Aurelian Florea wrote on Wed, Dec 2, 2020 08:10 AM UTC:

I don't know how to do that either!


Aurelian Florea wrote on Thu, Dec 3, 2020 05:18 PM UTC:

I have made the draw for the tournament: The first named player will have white. The schedule is as follows:

Round 1: Daniel Zacharias vs Aurelian Florea// Erik vs Oisin D.

Round 2: Aurelian Florea vs Erik// Oisin D. vs Daniel Zacharias

Round 3: Aurelian Florea vs Oisin D.// Daniel Zacharias vs Erik

Round 4: Aurelian Florea vs Daniel Zacharias// Oisin D. vs Erik

Round 5: Erik vs Aurelian Florea// Daniel Zacharias vs Oisin D.

Round 6 Oisin D. vs Aurelian Florea// Erik vs Daniel Zacharias


Aurelian Florea wrote on Thu, Dec 3, 2020 05:19 PM UTC:

Remember that apothecary chess games may end in advantage which worth 0.75-0.25 points. That even if that the website does not recognize that.


Aurelian Florea wrote on Fri, Dec 4, 2020 01:49 AM UTC:

I have assigned the 1st round matches!


Erik Lerouge wrote on Fri, Dec 4, 2020 09:01 AM UTC:

Good luck to all!


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sat, Dec 5, 2020 12:51 AM UTC in reply to Erik Lerouge from Fri Dec 4 09:01 AM:

good luck


Aurelian Florea wrote on Tue, Jan 5, 2021 10:13 AM UTC:

Round 1 is finished! So far Erik and Daniel have 2 points and I and Oisin have zero. In maximum a day I'll start the second round!


Aurelian Florea wrote on Tue, Jan 5, 2021 11:37 AM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from 10:13 AM:

Round 2 games have been assigned!


Aurelian Florea wrote on Fri, Jan 8, 2021 01:56 PM UTC:

Unfortuneatly I cannot get to Oisin(sxg) in any way! If this goes on he will loose on time his round 2 match!


Aurelian Florea wrote on Sun, Jan 10, 2021 06:28 AM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from Fri Jan 8 01:56 PM:

I noticed you are back, Oisin. Thanks!


Erik Lerouge wrote on Tue, Jan 12, 2021 04:06 PM UTC:

In our game the preset doesn't let me do the move I want, because it says that I am in check (while I am not). So I cannot play my move as I intended.


Aurelian Florea wrote on Tue, Jan 12, 2021 04:25 PM UTC in reply to Erik Lerouge from 04:06 PM:

I'll check it!


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